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A paper that covers the issue of workplace ethics with a focus on workplace safety from the perspective of AIDS tests.

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This paper uses the meat packing industry as a sample for analyzing workplace safety issues. The paper addresses probable causal factors of industry problems and states implications for workers and consumers. It contends that worker safety, and consumer safety are high-risk situations in the industry.

Tags:Meatpacking, industry, Injury, rates, Union, busting

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This paper discusses how it is vitally important that the workplace incorporate a safety program to ensure the well being of its employees, and indeed of all citizens living or moving within the premises of any specific workplace. The paper further discusses several issues of humanity that should be taken into account when formulating a workplace safety program.

Outline:
The Importance of a Well-Written Safety Program
Steps to Establish a Safety Program
Creating and Maintaining a Safety Program
The Role of Cultural Diversity in Workplace Safety
The Written Safety Program
Ensuring a Healthy Work Environment: Employee Assistance Programs
Other Issues: Public Safety

From the Paper
"Another important matter is how the variety of cultures integrate with the general corporate culture. Each organization distinguishes itself by means of culture, which is delineated by the values and norms to which the company adheres. These need to be integrated with the safety culture framework, and the implementation of the safety program."
"As part of the corporate culture, group norms have to be clearly delineated. This also should be integrated with the various languages and cultures within the workplace. It is important that each employee be able to function within a group, especially in terms of the safety program. This is another aspect that will ensure the longevity of such a program. This is especially true in cases where a large part of the workforce is not used to functioning as a group, and where the work is of such a nature that individuals within the company perform their duties alone. "

Tags:hazards, danger, employee, assistance, programs, regulations

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In today's increasingly complex and fast-paced work environment, safety and health is rapidly becoming one of the most important human resource functions. It follows that the current discussion examines the subject of health and safety in the workplace with specific emphasis on the following topics: 1) the general provisions of the Occupational and Safety Health Act (OSHA), 2) what management can do to create a safe work environment, 3) what can be done to control and eliminate health hazards, 4) organizational services and programs for building better health, and 5) methods for coping with stress.

From the Paper
SAFETY AND HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE Introduction In today's increasingly complex and fast-paced work environment, safety and health is rapidly becoming one of the most important human resource functions. It follows that the current discussion examines the subject of health and safety in the workplace with specific emphasis on the following topics: 1) the general provisions of the Occupational and Safety Health Act (OSHA), 2) what management can do to create a safe work environment, 3) what can be done to control and eliminate health hazards, 4) organizational services and programs for building better health, and 5)

Tags:hr, safety and health, osha

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The paper argues that not only do strong ethics allow for greater profit margins they also maintain a stronger ethical reputation of any particular company. However, the paper discusses how many American companies fail to implement strict ethical values; one controversy in particular is that of hiring illegal immigrants in order to cut corners financially and save money on Federal taxes. However, the paper demonstrates how this has been proven on multiple occasions, especially in the case of the largest retail store in the United States Wal-Mart, that more negative affects wait for companies like Wal-Mart who compromise ethic behaviors for more of a profit.

Tags:illegal, employees, ethics

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The paper looks at the legislation giving the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) its powers as well as the standards it has in place to protect workers from unsafe working conditions. The paper examines the legal defenses which can be mounted by employers who find themselves accused of failing in their general duty of care. The paper shows how this is an enormously complex administration and concludes that the rapid growth of the American economy means that it will continue to play an integral role in how employers and employees interact.

From the Paper
"To start with, the legislative framework within which the OSH must operate is clearly important. Simply stated, the purpose of the OSH Act of 1970 was to ensure that the working conditions of American men and women would be safe (at least relatively so) and that a common set of safety standards would be applied universally across the breadth and width of the United States. At the same time, the Act was meant to "encourage" states in their efforts to make working conditions safer and it was also meant to serve as an impetus for greater occupational training, research and education (Occupational Safety & Health Administration, 2004). In any event, the Act "covers" work-related situations in which some "risk" might be involved (presumably psychological as well as physical) and its writ extends to workplaces in all American states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, "American Samoa", The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the "Trust Territory" of the Pacific Islands, Outer Continental Shelf Lands as defined by the Act of the same name, and the canal zone; basically, every area that is a protectorate of the U.S. and which falls under its explicit control (Occupational Safety & Health Administration, 2006a)."

Tags:employers, workers, conditions, hazards, regulations, standards

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This paper discusses how promotion of ethics in the workplace is important to the business environment because it provides a framework for how individuals will function within the organization. Strong ethical concerns shown by management and the company will offer an example to workers. According to the paper, a code of ethics produced by the business will further provide guidelines for employees to follow, and organizational support for ethical practices will ensure a reduction in ethical concerns over the life of the business.

Tags:managers, ethics, business

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss and analyze business ethics in the workplace. Specifically, it identifies a basic physical privacy right issue at Harrah's casino in Reno, Nevada. In July 2001, a Reno bartender filed suit against Harrah's, Inc., the worldwide casino gaming corporation, after she was fired from her bartending job. Darlene Jespersen had worked for Harrah's for twenty-one years as a bartender and in other areas of the casino for not complying to new dress rules. It discusses how the Jespersen case is a clear physical privacy rights issue and contends that individual should not give up the rights and ethics they believe in just so they can be employed.

From the Paper
"Jespersen's position is based on the deontological considerations that a business should take into consideration regarding employee rights. Morally, it is wrong to force an employee to do something they morally or ethically disagree with, especially after the company hired the employee. If a policy changes, there should be consideration for employees who have been employed for years and may not "fit" with the current policy. As Jespersen emotionally noted, the company could have grandfathered her non-adherence to the program before they took the step of firing her. That would have been the moral and ethical thing to do for a long-time employee. However, that was not an option, and it points to the rigidity of the corporation and its rules."

Tags:employee, morals, contract, rights

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This paper relates that a 2005 report from the Human Rights Watch titled, "Blood, Sweat and Fear: Workers' Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants", made accusations against the meat and poultry industry. The paper further relates that the report also made recommendations for improving conditions. The paper attempts to show that, although these recommendations seem to have workers' best interests in mind, the application of utilitarian ethics as well as deontological ethics show that these suggestions are unsubstantiated and thus a hindrance to both the organization and its employees.

From the Paper
"The backbone of America has always been its people. During the Industrial Revolution, the population was mainly composed of immigrant, hardworking, blue collar workers who worked under the worst conditions imaginable. As we have progressed to the Information Age, many of these blue collar manual labor jobs have disappeared however there are still a number of these jobs still required to operate companies such as Tyson's meat packing facility and other similar facilities. Many of these jobs involve dangers that can be harmful to the employees who fill them. The Humans Rights Watch suggested some improvements and recommendations for protecting these workers. "

Tags:Workplace, safety, deontological, utilitarian, ethics

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The paper shows how a century ago corporate social responsibility was an idea whose time had not yet come, and companies were free to treat their employees as badly as they could get away with and cause nearly unregulated environmental damage. Profits were considered the only measure of how good a company was, and higher profits were often derived from unethical treatment of workers and resources. It shows that such an attitude today is no longer either practical nor acceptable and that increased government regulation has limited everything from the safety conditions of the workplace to the ways that companies must restore any environmental damage that they inflict. The paper discusses how a company can become socially responsible.

From the Paper
"To take up the moral objections first, one can argue that corporate social responsibility must be practiced because it is the right thing to do. A business executive should never find himself or herself asking the question: If I conduct my business in an unethical way, how much more money will I make? Rather, each individual must determine how much profit is reasonable and, having decided this, match those expectations of financial gain with a business that can be carried out in a responsible and moral fashion."

Tags:corporation, moral, ethic, organic, employee